Local Climate Action Summit
Building on the Local Climate Action Summits hosted at COP28 and COP30, the convening brings together mayors and governors from around the world to strengthen collaboration among local, national, and international leaders and highlight the increasingly influential role cities and states are playing in advancing global climate and energy priorities. The Summit features leading voices from cities and states, business, philanthropy, and civil society, including:Patti Harris, CEO, Bloomberg Philanthropies Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, United Kingdom, and C40 Cities Co-Chair Samed Ağırbaş, Climate High Level Champion for COP31 Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, and C40 Cities Co-Chair H.E. Majid Al Suwaidi, CEO, ALTÉRRA Kate Gallego, Mayor of Phoenix, United States Eileen Higgins, Mayor of Miami, United States Ulf Jaeckel, Head of International Adaptation to Climate Change Division, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany Francine Lacqua, Anchor and Editor-at-Large, Bloomberg Gina McCarthy, Chair of America Is All In Josh Parker, Head of Sustainability, Nvidia Valérie Pécresse, President of the Paris Region, France Nicholas Reece, Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Australia Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, and Co-Chair of the Global Covenant of Mayors Oleksandr Senkevych, Mayor of Mykolaiv, Ukraine Mateus Simões, Governor of Minas Gerais, Brazil Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Ana Toni, CEO, COP30 Beatriz Tonon, MSc Sustainable Urban Development Candidate, Oxford University Youth Representative, São Paulo, Brazil Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40 Cities Antha Williams, Environment Lead, Bloomberg Philanthropies
